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BEARSPORTSNEWS SUNDAY EDITION 09.19.2021
- goldenstateservicesj
- Sep 18, 2021
- 6 min read
Highlights
Varsity
Cross Country—beat BL in a dual meet
football –beat McKinley Tech
Soccer – Beat DeMatha and tied Gonzaga
Water Polo—Battle of the Beltways—no results
Hockey—great story about a junior doing good
Alumni Bears
Bear baseball player ripping it up for the Modesto California Nuts
Bear moving to Chemnitz, Germany to play in the highest national league
Bear hoopster getting ready for Ivy season
16 Bear football players had games this week; 4 played and all of them contributed
9 Bears had soccer 10 games and 5 had significant playing time and one scored 2 goals
2 Bears are hitting the water polo pools
Inside the White Rocks
FOOTBALL (2-0)
SOCCER (2-1-2)
FROM COACH REED– Landon 3 V. #5 DeMatha 1
We needed this one today. We had all but two of our starters on the field and did enough to secure a win on a hot day. DeMatha started strong, earned a corner kick, whipped in a cross and one of their midfielders picked out of the air, full volley, and into the goal, 0 – 1 in the 3:00.
Oddly, the boys didn’t crumble, and we answered in the 7:00 when Kris Fletcher skinned two defenders down the left side, turned the corner and fed an onrushing Conrad Brady for a tap-in goal, 1 – 1. New game. In the 24:00, Amos Steinglass gave us a piece of magic when he drove the ball 50+ yards on a line to Nick Della Rocca, who was breaking down the right side. Nick gathered, carried, finished, 2 – 1. We hit the post in the 30:00, then rambled around the field for the first twenty minutes in the second half, as DeMatha pushed hard. They drew a penalty kick in the 71:00, which was well deserved, but their forward missed high. That rattled us and we started actually playing soccer again. In the 76:00, Fletch, again, did some fancy stuff, drew three of their four defenders to him, and slipped the ball wide right to Zac Osmond, who danced around his marker and iced the win.
Will Single had another strong day in goal, and Nico Schermer, Dylan Thiess, Moses Fishman, Carlos Febles, and Conrad Brady went the full 80 minutes, no small feat.
FROM COACH REED–BEARS 3 v. #3 PURPLE EAGLES
Wild, raucous affair last night. Both schools had big crowds. Gonzaga’s field is tiny, 100 by 60, and covered with bouncy, slick turf, which made it hard for both teams to operate in the middle of the field.
We started things off early when Nico Schermer got on the business end of a set piece serve from Conrad Brady in the 5:00, 1 – 0.
Zac Osmond hit the crossbar a few minutes later and then Gonzaga returned the favor with their set piece goal, 1 – 1, in the 20:00.
Ethan Pendleton cranked one off the left post in the 30:00, but then Dylan Thiess cleared a ball off our own goal line in the 39:00. End to end action.
Right after the half, in the 42:00, Art Keys looped a cross into the box from a set piece and Dylan Thiess finished after a mad scramble, 2 – 1.
Nine minutes later, Moses Fishman got upended in the 18 box, we were given a PK, and Kris Fletcher took care of things, 3 – 1.
Then things got crazy. Gonzaga’s CM put down an impressive individual effort, picking up a harmless ball on the right edge, weaving through two players, and finishing from outside the area, 3 – 2 in the 66:00. Ben Ellwood hit the post from outside the box on the other end of the field a minute later. In the 72:00, Dylan Thiess got taken down aggressively in their box, with the ball, and the referee gave a PK. We lined up to take the kick. Then the ref walked over, picked up the ball and gave it to their GK because he’d changed his mind. Shocking. Minutes later, Fish got upended in the box again. This time, no PK. In the 76:00, another collision in our box, and the ref gave Gonzaga a PK, 3 – 3. Seven cards dished out during the game, two PKs given, one given, then wiped, two corner kicks given, then wiped, throw-ins awarded, then given in the other direction. Total chaos.
The boys stayed in it for the duration and were in good spirits this morning at practice. Fact is, we’re on the road tomorrow for a college showcase event in PA in front of 80+ college coaches. We’re playing a team from CT that features players from Brazil, Ecuador, Korea, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. Should be yet another good test!
WATER POLO
Battle of the Beltway Tournament and Archbishop Spalding High School– no results
CROSS COUNTRY
Boys Latin 34 at Landon 25 – 9/14/2021
Ice Hockey
Zach Lammers ’22 has started a training program for young people with special needs who love ice hockey. Lammers runs the program for the Calhoun Coyotes, an off-ice offshoot of the Montgomery County Cheetahs, every weekend with the help of students from Landon and other area schools. In this Q&A, Zach explains how the program got off the ground …Kick on above link for the remainder of this excellent story.
Bear Tracks
Baseball
Randy Bednar is hitting .412 in five games for the Single A Modesto Nuts (affiliate of the Seattle Mariners) with a double, a triple, 3 RBI and 4 runs scored.—Steve Davidson, reporter
Basketball
Professional –Darion Atkins L11
Successful test match opener
NINERS Chemnitz vs. ERA Basketball Nymburk 89:72 (28:12, 23:21, 19:19, 19:20)
Atkins 25 points
Atkins attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland, where he averaged 15.2 points, 12 rebounds and 7.3 blocks per game as a senior, earning All-Interstate Athletic Conference honors.
Atkins had offers from Notre Dame and Maryland, but he chose to attend the University of Virginia, where he averaged 7.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.1 blocks in 23.9 minutes per game in his senior year.
On March 8, 2015, Atkins was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year. On April 3, 2015, Atkins was named Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Award.
College— Kino Lilly, Jr. L21
Football
[NOTE: some colleges have not yet completed their web pages, esp. Div. III schools; also, last year’s pandemic cancellation has resulted in changes in academic years/eligibility]
Bryce Baylor, L18, RB #21, Dickinson College (1-2) Red Devils 34 v. Gettysburg 3 , #21—7 runs for 8 yds. 1 pass catch for 1 yd.
Mac Hollensteiner, L18 OL #77 Georgetown (1-1) Hoyas 9 v. Harvard 44, started.
Davis Walker, L19, K #47 Georgetown. (1-1) Hoyas 9 v. Harvard 44, injured.
Terrance Bridgers L19 (RS soph) DL, #93 Delaware State, Hornets @ FCS # 16 East Tennessee State
Joshua Chapman L19 #55 DL Pennsylvania Quakers 30 Bucknell 6 DNP
Jelani Machen L19 #30, CB, Harvard (1-0) (1-0) v. Harvard 4 @ Hoyas 9, no player statistics available.
Jalen Williams L19 (RS soph) DB #35, Boston College (3-0) EAGLES 28 @ UMass 3 DNP
Gerney Johnson L20 RB Stevenson (0-3) Mustangs 10 @ Delaware Valley no participation stats
Tejon Ford, L20 LB/S #5 Shenandoah (2-1) Hornets 7 @ Hampden-Sydney 28 no participation stats
Tommy Kenary,L20 DL #62 Middlebury Panthers 13 @ Williams 41—Tommy 1 solo/TFL -7, 1 assist, 1 forced fumble
Eric Ford,L21 USMAPS (United States Military Academy) 9/12 HH Prep—no way to track MAPS
Chantz Harley, L21, DB #30 ,Villanova 9/11 (2-1) Wildcats 34 v. Richmond 27 scoring with 0:38 left in game v. Richmond 27 DNP
Greg Johnson,L21 OL #76 Hoyas 9 v. Harvard 44, no player statistics available.
Dameon Ming,L21 RB/LB #26, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3-0) Red Hawks 24 @ Worcester Polytechnic 10 DNP
Eric Speight,L21 DE #92 Pace (0-3) 9/9 Setters 21@ Assumption 32 DNP
Coaching
Rowing
Ari Chadda L18 , Dartmouth College, coxswain 10/9 v. Boston U. [assuming that the Connecticut River is not frozen, home?]
Soccer
Nico Kenary L18, #27 Amherst College, (3-1), Mammoths 1 @ Manhattanville 0 #27 DNP; Mammoths 1 v. Hamilton 0 played 5 minutes
Noah Hannam L18, #26 Middlebury College 9/7(2-0) Panthers 1 v. Plattsburgh State 0 DNP; Panthers 1 v. #11 Bowdoin 0 played 46 minutes.
Drew Parker L18 , Kenyon College (international semester)
Burke McLaughlin L18, #5 Denison University (2-1) 9/4 Big Red 4 v. #7 Capital 1, #5 32 min; Big Red 1 v. 3 Wilmington #5 started played 73 minutes.
Alex Riel L18, #4 Allegheny College (3-3) Alligators 9 @LaRoche, #4 started scored 1st 2 goals off of corner kicks 4 shots 2 SOG; Alligators 0 Fredonia 1, #4 started
Marc Schermer, L 20, #14, Hamilton (1-1), 9/8 Continentals 3 at Oswego State 2, #14 DNP; 9/11 Continentals 0 @ Bates 0 #14 DNP
Water Polo
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